Watch&Listen — Pat Posey

Lewis Spratlan - Invasion (2022)

Album: Music and Art for Ukraine, by Nadia Shpachenko
World Premiere Recording with
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Pat Posey, alto saxophone
Aija Mattson-Jovel, horn
Phil Keen, trombone
Yuri Inoo, percussion
Joti Rockwell, mandolin
Nadia Shpachenko, piano

100% of album proceeds benefitting Ukranian people affected by war

Purchase album here

YouTube trailer above

michael torke - time (2022)

Michael Torke Orchestra
Alan Kay, clarinets and bass clarinets
Pat Posey, soprano and baritone saxophones
Ian Rosenbaum, marimbas and vibes
Michael Torke, piano
Elliot Figg, harpsichord
Sarah Brailey, sopranos and altos
Tessa Lark, violins and viola
Paul Wiancko, cello
Michael Thurber, bass

Ecstatic Records ERO92302
Available at www.michaeltorke.com
and on all streaming services

Los angeles reed quintet

South Bay Chamber Music Society
March, 2022

Mahler, arr. Trevor Cramer
Lob des hohen from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Claire Brazeau, oboe
Don Foster, clarinet
Brian Walsh, bass clarinet
Alex Rosales Garcia, bassoon
Pat Posey, soprano saxophone

Trio concert

Zemer: Santa Barabra’s Jewish Music Festival
Dominic Cheli, piano
Pat Posey, alto and tenor saxophone
Rebecca Reale, violin
February, 2022

Program:
Erwin Schulhoff - Hot Sonate (1930)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Suite from Much Ado about Nothing (1920)
Adolf Busch - Suite (1926)
Edvard Moritz - Sonata a tre (1960s) (world premiere performance)
Lera Auerbach - Trio (2014)
Leonard Bernstein - Selections from West Side Story (1957)

i just want to be a tree

Music and video by Nick Platoff
Saxophones arranged/performed by Pat Posey
Created Fall/Winter 2020-21

In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl:
Hecho en México

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, music director and conductor
Broadcast on KCET and PBS Stations
(subscription required)
October, 2020 and January, 2021

have yourself a merry little christmas

Justin Elizabeth Sayre, vocals
Pat Posey, saxophone
Nastassia Lopez, keyboard
video by Pat Posey
created December, 2020

take five

Pat Posey, tenor saxophone, wine glass
Phil Bravo, ukelele, recorder, singing bowl
Nastassia Lopez, piano
Rachel Pryzgoda, chord harmonica, singing bowl
Music by Paul Desmond
Arranged by Phil Bravo and Pat Posey
Video by Pat Posey
Created October, 2020

nachtmusik

Pat Posey, bass saxophone (x5)
Original music for forthcoming album release

MAMA Don’t allow

Pat Posey, composer and soprano, tenor, and bass saxophones

Original music to accompany a story reading of Thacher Hurd’s
children’s book ‘Mama Don’t Allow’ performed by the author
Commissioned by the Berkeley Symphony and Berkeley Public Library

Created September, 2020

Leonard bernstein
West side story: symphonic dances
For solo saxophone

Prologue, Somewhere, Scherzo, and Mambo
Pat Posey, arranger and alto saxophone
Performed live, September, 2020
Silverlake, Los Angeles, California

Beautiful evening.

Pat Posey, baritone saxophone
Reimagining of a melody by
Claude Debussy paired with
video of LAPD helicopters
circling Silverlake
created July, 2020

Ravel - Bolero

Pat Posey, saxophones
Sopranino (Selmer MK VI)(x2)
Soprano (Selmer SA-80II)(x5)
Mezzo Soprano (Conn)(x1)
Alto (Selmer SA-80II)(x6)
Alto with Low A extension (Selmer MK VI)(x1)
Tenor (Selmer SA-80II)(x8)
Baritone (Selmer SA-80II)(x4)
Created April, 2020

NEIGHBORHOOD POPS CONCERT
INDEPENDENCE DAY

Pat Posey, alto saxophone
Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
George Gershwin - An American in Paris 4:44
William Grant Still - Romance 7:22
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto Movement I, Allegro 21:57
Charlie Parker - Confirmation 33:46
Miles Davis - Little Willie Leaps 36:35
Recorded June, 2020
learn more about hosting a neighborhood pops concert here

Ravel - bolero

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Stephane Deneve, conductor
Hollywood Bowl
July 12, 2018

Neighborhood Pops concert
for steve’s birthday

Pat Posey, soprano saxophone
Traditional - Shenandoah
Weiss/Thiele - What a Wonderful World as performed by Louis Armstrong
Debussy - Syrinx
Bizet - Habanera from Carmen
JS Bach - Sarabande and Double
from Partita for solo violin no. 1, B minor, BWV 1002
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Rodgers/Hammerstein - My Favorite Things as performed by John Coltrane
Lennon/McCartney - Let It Be
Recorded May, 2020
learn more about hosting a neighborhood pops concert here

John Adams
saxophone concerto (2013)

Pat Posey, saxophone
Akina Motoyama, piano
November 5, 2019
Recorded in private performance
for Mr. Adams

Michael Tilson Thomas
Four Preludes on playthings of the wind

New World Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Measha Bruggergosman, soprano
Kristen Toedtman, vocalist
Kara Dugan, vocalist
Pat Posey, soprano and alto saxophones
April 20, 2019
New World Center
Miami Beach, Florida